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The Uig Tower is a round tower of two floors and was built in Norman style. The tower has narrow vertical slits instead of windows. The tower has narrow vertical slits instead of windows. The gaps resemble loopholes of a castle through which arrows could be fired on attackers, although it has no defensive function and was built purely as a show ...
Uig is situated partly on the raised beach around the head of the bay and partly on the steep slopes behind it. Two watercourses enter the bay at Uig: the River Rha from the north and the River Conon which drains Glen Uig to the east. The lower courses of both of these small rivers are characterised by waterfalls.
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Uig marks the northwestern terminus of the A87, with its southeastern terminus being the junction with the A82 at Invergarry, to the north of Fort William. The A855 road also links Portree and Uig, taking a route along the eastern coast and around the northern end of the peninsula: the two roads thus combine to encircle Trotternish. A minor ...
Uig, Coll, a hamlet on the island of Coll, Argyll and Bute, Scotland; Uig, Duirinish, a hamlet near Totaig, on the Isle of Skye, Highland Scotland; Uig, Lewis, a civil parish on the western cost of the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland; Uig, Snizort, a village and ferry port on the Trotternish peninsula, Isle of Skye, Highland Scotland
Snizort (Scottish Gaelic: Snìosort) is a civil parish in the north-eastern part of the Isle of Skye, [1] comprising the head of Loch Snizort and the western coast of Trotternish up to Uig, which is the largest settlement. [2]
Kingsburgh (Gaelic: Cinnseaborgh [1]) is a scattered crofting township, overlooking Loch Snizort Beag on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the council area of Highland. Kingsburgh is located 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (9 kilometres) south of Uig.